1971 Texas Longhorns football team

Summary

The 1971 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.

1971 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 18
Record8–3 (6–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEmory Bellard (6th season)
Offensive schemeWishbone
Defensive coordinatorMike Campbell (15th season)
Base defense4-4
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 Texas $ 6 1 0 8 3 0
No. 16 Arkansas 5 1 1 8 3 1
TCU 5 2 0 6 4 1
Texas A&M 4 3 0 5 6 0
SMU 3 4 0 4 7 0
Rice 2 4 1 3 7 1
Texas Tech 2 5 0 4 7 0
Baylor 0 7 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Texas' hopes for a third consecutive national championship were squashed with back-to-back one-sided losses in October to its two biggest rivals, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Longhorns recovered to win their fourth consecutive Southwest Conference championship and returned to the Cotton Bowl, where they were routed 30-6 by Penn State.

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 183:30 p.m.at UCLA*No. 3ABCW 28–1036,504
September 254:00 p.m.Texas TechNo. 3W 28–076,639
October 24:00 p.m.Oregon*No. 3
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 35–766,500
October 92:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 Oklahoma*No. 3CBSL 27–4873,580
October 163:00 p.m.at No. 16 ArkansasNo. 10ABCL 7–3154,446
October 232:00 p.m.RiceNo. 16
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 39–1061,000
October 302:00 p.m.at SMUNo. 14
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
W 22–1840,551
November 62:00 p.m.BaylorNo. 15
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 24–054,500
November 132:00 p.m.TCUNo. 13
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 31–063,500
November 251:30 p.m.at Texas A&MNo. 12W 34–1452,090
January 1, 19721:00 p.m.vs. No. 10 Penn State*No. 12
CBSL 6–3072,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel edit

1971 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 35 Jim Bertelsen Sr
RB 26 Dennis Ladd So
QB 14 Eddie Phillips Sr
QB 18 Donnie Wigginton Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB, K 38 Glenn Gaspard So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 7 Steve Valek So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2021-Jan-08

Season summary edit

Oregon edit

1 234Total
Oregon 0 007 7
Texas 7 7714 35

Source:[2]

TCU edit

TCU Horned Frogs (4–3) at #13 Texas Longhorns (6–2)
Period 1 2 34Total
TCU 0 0 000
Texas 0 7 71731

at Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas

  • Date: November 13
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C)
  • Game attendance: 63,500
  • Box Score
Game information

NFL Draft edit

Two seniors from the 1971 Longhorns were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft:[3]

Player Position Round   Pick   Franchise
Jim Bertelsen RB 2 30 Los Angeles Rams
Eddie Phillips QB 4 95 Los Angeles Rams

References edit

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Cawood, Neil (October 3, 1971). "Oregon overpowered by Longhorns, 35-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  3. ^ Pro Football Reference.com Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine - 1972 NFL Draft